It's also a big improvement over Pence's poll performance as governor, when he was locked in a tight race for re-election. A Bellwether Research poll in May 2016 found that 40 percent of Hoosiers approved of his job as governor.

“These survey results show that despite more Hoosiers disapproving of President Trump, more Hoosiers approve of Pence’s work as vice president,“ said Chad Kinsella, a political science professor for the Ball State’s Bowen Center for Public Affairs.

Despite the good news for Pence, the poll results suggest that both Trump and Pence are under-performing substantially, given their 19-percentage point victory in Indiana during the 2016 presidential election.

“Although Pence enjoys a higher degree of approval than President Trump, the findings of the poll show that the overall approval of ticket has declined substantially since the 2016 election," Kinsella said.